London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Living above a shop has traditionally been a cheap way to buy a property. But a four-bedroom flat above a tailor’s in Mount Street, Mayfair, has sold for £13 million — believed to be a record for such a property.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline today raised its stake in its Nigerian and Indian consumer healthcare units as part of boss Sir Andrew Witty’s latest attempt to shift the business away from “white pills in Western markets”.

You have reported some extremely long flight delays in the past few months. I am a diabetic, and therefore have to take the necessary insulin and the associated equipment wherever I go. I have just decided to start flying again after a long lapse. What precautions must I take? — Name withheld